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Relation historique de la peste de Marseille en 1720
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Relation historique de la peste de Marseille en 1720

by Bertrand, Jean-Baptiste

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12mo, 100 x 150 mm (4 x 6 inches), [xii], 512 pages. Contemporary calf, gilt-decorated spine, raised bands; light external wear; staining from old tape to front free endpaper and title page; title page and first and last two text pages chipped; pages age-toned; good condition overall.
The last major outbreak of bubonic plague in Western Europe killed 50,000 in Marseille and 50,000 in the adjacent region from 1720-1722. This account by Marseille physician Jean-Baptiste Bertrand (1670-1752) is the most detailed eyewitness account to survive. He was honored by the authorities for his tireless work through inclusion on the official plague monument erected in 1802.
This first edition was published anonymously under the fictitious imprint "à Cologne, chez Pierre Marteau," suggesting that Bertrand was concerned about potential censorship. A review of online copies reveals that there were at least two "Marteau" editions in 1721, with different title pages but clearly printed from the same… Read More
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Detailed 18th Century Treatise on Coffee
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Detailed 18th Century Treatise on Coffee

by Botany, Chemistry, Cultivation, Social History, Café Culture in Europe and the Middle East, Even a Poem Singing Its Praises

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Étrennes à tous les amateurs de café pour tous les temps ou manuel de l'amateur de café, contenant l'histoire, la description, la culture, les propriétés de ce végétal, le commerce qui s'en fait en France. Paris: Hôtel de Bouthillier, 1792. Small quarto, 4.75 x 4 inches; xxxvii, 121, (5), 109, (3) pages; recased many years ago retaining contemporary boards and backstrip; contents age-toned. Detailed anonymous treatise on the physical and social properties of coffee; concludes with an ode to coffee in Neo-Latin with French paraphrase. See Vicaire, Bibliographie gastronomique, 348-49.
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The Cambridge Medieval History

by Bury, J.B. et al

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Eight quarto volumes, top edges gilt. Clean ex-seminary library copies in original bindings. Spines uniformly sunned, volume 2 has inner hinges reinforced with black tape, otherwise very good condition. Volume 1 is a fourth printing (1957); others are first, second or third printings from 1936 or earlier.
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